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Bicycle Photo Tag game

The point of the Bicycle Photo Tag is to reproduce a similar photo of an object or place that can be found in many different locations around the world. Much like a scavenger hunt, examples include specific street signs, a railway crossing with train, yourself at a toll booth with reciept, etc.... Get creative

Rules are easy...

1. Find a SIMILAR (ie; Not The Same, Different) tag and reproduce the photo (as best as possible). Take the tag to a new location, get the photo and post it here.
2. Upon posting your new tag, the tagger is responsible for specifying what it is in the photo that must be reproduced. Be specific, but not so specific that no one else will be able to play because we couldn't find another pink school bus.
* Try to place the tags in interesting locations, objects or places that could probably be found in at least the majority of the planet.
3. Tag must be: Common amongst all human habitation. Dirt is ok, but remember most of us are on street bikes. We don't want to exclude those who don't like to get dirty (wimps).
4. The first person to post a found tag gets to place the next tag. If you get a tag, but somebody else posts their picture first, you lose (bruced).
5. One tag at a time within thread. File photos are NOT permitted. You gotta ride to play this game.
6. No whining There are plenty of folks here that will help you understand the rules
7. The holder of the tag determines if the tag has been duplicated and acknowledges it by posting on the thread. (Surrendering the Tag)
8. No Pre-Arranged Tag Handoffs / Linear Tag sequence
9. Last but not least, should the tag be soo ridiculous that no one is able to reproduce it, it can be voted down if a majority of the active participants feel necessary.



Remember, the point of this is not to win the game, or get a better picture than the guy who just "bruced" you, the point is the ride. On that note, if someone tags a post office. Rather than get out and ride a block to my local post office, I might ride an hour or so, out to the historic post office a few neighborhoods over.... Make it interesting.

So the first tag is your bike in front of a house with Xmas lights

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on January 24, 2013 at 10:03am

Sweet and reserved?

Have you been drinking?


h' 1.0 said:

Do not confuse sweet, reserved Doug with the online persona of DUG.

Cameron 7.5 mi said:

Wait a minute was Doug just discribed as open minded?

Kevin C 4.1 mi said:

It was open.

notoriousDUG said:

It's like you've been inside my mind...

Kevin C 4.1 mi said:

democracy is messy, imperfect, and inferior to just letting me decide.

Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on January 24, 2013 at 4:26pm

Maybe I'll attend this meet http://bit.ly/SIxSQA and have my pick of ATA people on there!

Permalink Reply by Ed on January 28, 2013 at 6:43am

Ok, someone needs to get this one this week.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on January 28, 2013 at 8:27am

game on.

Ed said:

Ok, someone needs to get this one this week.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 28, 2013 at 8:32am

I once heard that if you're in an urban area, there's a rat within 50 feet of you no matter where you are.

I wonder what the 'rule' is for Active Trans employees.... 3 miles?

Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on January 28, 2013 at 8:46am
That's not very nice that you compare them to rats!



It's every two miles...
Permalink Reply by Sarah D. on January 28, 2013 at 9:21pm

I can't believe no one from ATA went to the Streetsblog party - or CCM? Wow. And still no one has gone into the office?! Makes me want to get my own tag when I go downtown tomorrow...Ed, is that allowed? 

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 28, 2013 at 9:24pm

Who's your nearest Active Trans employee? I think mine is probably Tony G at ~ 2 miles.  For about a year I had one about 300 feet away.

J.A.W. 15.08 km said:

That's not very nice that you compare them to rats!



It's every two miles...
Permalink Reply by Ed on January 29, 2013 at 5:44am

no,  can't get your own tag. 

If no one can get it you will have to bear full responsibility for killing the game.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 29, 2013 at 8:40am

I don't see a time limit in the rules.... why are we declaring the game dead here? 

Ed said:

no,  can't get your own tag. 

If no one can get it you will have to bear full responsibility for killing the game.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on January 31, 2013 at 8:04pm

Okay, it's been two weeks. Let's just move on and try to keep things a little less specific in the future...

Hope you don't mind me volunteering a new tag. I was having fun with this and want to keep on playing!

How about this:

Take a picture of your bike in front of a mural or large work of art.

Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on February 1, 2013 at 8:34am

I agree, two weeks is long enough to wait.  Maybe we can add that to the rules, that after two weeks without a match anyone else can re-start the game?

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